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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday expanded the use of Lynparza, sold by AstraZeneca Plc and Merck & Co Inc, to include ongoing treatment of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer who have responded to platinum-based chemotherapy.

Aug 17 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on
Thursday expanded the use of Lynparza, sold by AstraZeneca Plc
and Merck & Co Inc, to include ongoing treatment
of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer who have responded to
platinum-based chemotherapy.

Aug 17 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on
Thursday expanded the use of Lynparza, sold by AstraZeneca Plc
and Merck & Co Inc, to include ongoing treatment
of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer who have responded to
platinum-based chemotherapy.

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)
CHICAGO, August 17 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Merck &
Co., Inc.'s Issuer
Default Rating (IDR) at 'A' with a Stable Rating Outlook. The
ratings apply to
roughly $28.4 billion of debt outstanding at June 30, 2017.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
New Products/Growth Opportunities: Products approved during the
last three years
should help to drive intermediate- to long-term, top-line growth
for Merck. Most
importantly, Keytruda (cancer) is gaini

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va./WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as criminals and thugs on Monday, bowing to mounting political pressure to condemn such groups explicitly after a white-nationalist rally turned deadly in Virginia. | Video

The chief executives of Intel Corp, Merck & Co Inc and Under Armour Inc resigned from U.S. President Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council on Monday, following Trump's initially tepid response to weekend violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. | Video

Aug 14 The chief executives of Intel Corp
, Merck & Co Inc and Under Armour Inc
resigned from U.S. President Donald Trump's American
Manufacturing Council on Monday, following Trump's initially
tepid response to weekend violence at a rally of white
supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Aug 14 Merck & Co Inc Chief Executive
Kenneth Frazier resigned from U.S. President Donald Trump's
American Manufacturing Council on Monday, saying he was taking a
stand against intolerance and extremism.

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump chided Merck & Co Inc's Kenneth Frazier after the drugmaker's chief executive resigned from a presidential advisory board earlier on Monday and cited a need for U.S. leaders to denounce bigotry following a violent weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 U.S. President Donald Trump
chided Merck & Co Inc's Kenneth Frazier after the
drugmaker's chief executive resigned from a presidential
advisory board earlier on Monday and cited a need for U.S.
leaders to denounce bigotry following a violent weekend in
Charlottesville, Virginia.

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